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The 15 least over-stimulating YouTube titles we've rated, calmest first.
Of the kids' shows we've calm-rated on YouTube, these are the least over-stimulating, sorted calmest first, with Kipper the Dog at the top. Each rating comes from how fast a show cuts, how loud and busy its sound is, how bright the picture runs, and how much tension the story carries. How the rating works.
An easygoing dog named Kipper and his friends Tiger, Pig and Arnold enjoy simple, low-key everyday adventures.
On a small blue planet, a family of knitted, whistling mouse-like creatures lives quietly underground in a soft-spoken stop-motion world.
In a twinkly, dreamlike world, characters like Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy play and wind down toward sleep, a bedtime show for toddlers.
A curious young bear and his woodland friends (Hen, Duck, Cat and Owl) share small adventures and imaginings with his loving Mother and Father Bear.
A boy builds a snowman that comes to life on Christmas Eve, and the two fly off together over a sleeping wintry landscape.
Each night a girl named Lucy slides down a giraffe’s neck to hear bedtime stories told by the animals living next door at the zoo.
A little white mouse named Maisy and her animal friends go about cheerful everyday activities in spare, near-wordless picture-book stories.
A young turtle named Franklin learns gentle lessons about friendship, honesty and growing up with his woodland friends and family.
Celebrated actors reading children's books aloud with illustrations on screen.
A mischievous young penguin and his family live at the South Pole, getting into wordless claymation antics punctuated by his honking “noot noot.”
Follow-along drawing lessons a parent and kids can do together.
Host LeVar Burton explores a theme through a featured children’s book and real-world field trips, celebrating the joy of reading.
Cheerful village postman Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess deliver the mail and lend a hand around the countryside of Greendale.
Classic-music and imagery videos designed for babies and toddlers.
The Bear family (Papa, Mama, Brother and Sister) work through everyday childhood lessons in their tree house in Bear Country.
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